Niagara (2022 film)

Niagara
Directed byGuillaume Lambert
Written byGuillaume Lambert
Produced byLaurent Allaire
Tim Ringuette
StarringFrançois Pérusse
Guy Jodoin
Éric Bernier
CinematographyMarie Davignon
Edited byYvann Thibaudeau
Music byLaurence Nerbonne
Production
company
Entract Studios
Release date
  • September 11, 2022 (2022-09-11) (FCVQ)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Niagara is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Guillaume Lambert and released in 2022.[1] The film centres on three estranged brothers in their 50s — Victor-Hugo (Guy Jodoin), Alain (François Pérusse) and Léo-Louis (Éric Bernier) Lamothe — who must reunite to undertake a road trip to Niagara Falls after their father Léopold (Marcel Sabourin) unexpectedly dies of a heart attack while trying to participate in an ice bucket challenge.[2]

It was the first film role for Pérusse, who is principally known as a stand-up comedian.[3] The film's cast also includes Véronic DiCaire, Katherine Levac, Muriel Dutil, Élisabeth Chouvalidzé, Marie Eykel, Geneviève Néron, Émi Chicoine, Ariel Charest, Louis Sincennes and Josée Deschênes, as well as Lambert in a small supporting role.[4]

The film premiered at the Quebec City Film Festival on September 8, 2022,[2] before going into commercial release on September 16.[3] It was made available for home viewing on the Club Illico platform on November 3.[5] It also screened in the Borsos Competition at the 2022 Whistler Film Festival,[6] where Lambert won the award for Best Screenplay in a Borsos Competition Film.[7]

  1. ^ Olivier Du Ruisseau, "«Niagara», «road movie» nostalgique de Guillaume Lambert". Le Devoir, September 8, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "La comédie dramatique Niagara, de Guillaume Lambert, en première à Québec". Ici Radio-Canada, September 8, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Émilie Côté, "Un road trip qui part dans trop de directions". La Presse, September 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Niagara – Film de Guillaume Lambert". Films du Québec, September 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "Ce jeudi: le film «Niagara» débarque sur Club illico". Le Journal de Montréal, November 3, 2022.
  6. ^ Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Film Festival announces film lineup". Pique Newsmagazine, November 2, 2022.
  7. ^ Pat Mullen, "River, Coyote Top Whistler Film Festival Awards Winners". Point of View, December 4, 2022.